Recap: This is the last part of our four chapters: It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally arrived at the fourth and final installment of our blog series. In this series, we’ve been peeling back the layers of Apache Kafka to get a deeper understanding of how best to interact with the cluster using producer and consumer clients. At a high level, a fetch request is comprised of two parts: Let’s dive in.

If the operating theme for finance teams in 2024 was “automate workflows and optimize costs to drive value,” then the operating theme for 2025 is shaping up to be, “stay the course.” While inflation did recede in 2024, it did so much more slowly than hoped, leading to fewer interest rate cuts than expected and slower economic growth than desired.

The software testing lifecycle (STLC) is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by the advent of Generative AI (GenAI). As the NelsonHall November 2024 Quality Engineering Market Assessment highlights, GenAI represents a paradigm shift, blending intelligence with automation to redefine how organizations approach test automation. This integration is about enhancing accuracy and streamlining workflows to deliver faster, cost-effective outcomes.

In the fast-paced world of mobile app development, a seamless, secure, and adaptable CI/CD process is essential. Bitrise has established itself as a leader in this domain, providing a mobile-focused CI/CD platform that allows you to automate all your build, test, and deployment workflows. But what if regional restrictions, data sovereignty, or compliance regulations prevent your organization from implementing a managed CI infrastructure like Bitrise?

Buffer overflow is one of the most common code vulnerabilities. If a buffer overflow vulnerability is not addressed, an untrustworthy agent can take advantage and cause a buffer overrun. In this blog, we break down what is buffer overflow, how to prevent buffer overflow, and we provide examples to help make safeguarding your software against buffer overflow simpler and easier. Read along or jump ahead to the section that interests you the most.

Complex, evolving challenges in today’s enterprise IT environments require a proactive, strategic approach to plan for growth, minimize downtime and seamlessly adopt new technologies. Achieving operational excellence in IT operations is key to overcoming these challenges and enabling sustained business growth. Investing in skill development is also crucial for driving innovation and staying competitive in rapidly evolving technology landscapes.

Logs play a vital role in understanding how applications and systems perform, but unstructured log data can be hard to analyse. The Grok parser helps by converting raw logs into structured, readable formats. It is widely used for extracting information such as timestamps, error codes, and IP addresses from logs, making them easier to analyse and query.

Do you have a DB2 database that needs a REST API? Now you can connect to your IBM DB2 with DreamFactory in just a few minutes. In this short blog post I’ll explain how you can connect to DB2 with DreamFactory’s auto-generated REST API for DB2.

In the early days of web application development, monolithic frontends and backends were perfectly fine. But the emergence of the cloud has changed expectations. Developers want to build applications that exchange information with APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). Business owners want faster development times. End users expect zero downtime. This new paradigm enabled the rise of service-oriented architecture (SOA) and, along with it, microservices and web services.

When building applications with Docker Compose, it's common to encounter duplicate configurations across services, especially as projects grow and configurations become more complex. The benefits of using aliases in Docker Compose are crucial in this scenario. Docker Compose aliases provide a way to streamline this setup, reduce redundancy, and simplify logging configuration.